Ruud Gerards

Ruud Gerards (1977) obtained his Msc in economics in 2000 from Maastricht University. Since then he has held various academic and corporate positions. First he worked as statistical researcher for CBS (Statistics Netherlands), among others analyzing and modeling the Dutch income tax system. After that he joined PricewaterhouseCoopers as incentives/subsidy consultant, working on 6th framework program (FP6) applications and on a number of national subsidy programs. He also worked in a smaller consultancy firm advising local and regional governments and politics in urban and spatial planning projects. His academic experience includes several years as (junior) lecturer and he is doing his PhD research, for which he studies public and private programs to reduce unemployment and chances of becoming unemployed.

Aside from his formal full-time jobs Ruud is a returning guest lecturer for Stichting Trajekt (a large regional welfare foundation) as well as a spinning-instructor in a Maastricht sports center.

 

Webpage: http://www.ruudgerards.nl

 

 Working papers:

Gerards, Muellers and Muysken (2008). Institutional reforms that really matter: OECD institutional indicators vs. Dutch reform history, CofFEE-Europe working paper 2008-02.

 

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